> reporter: we've spent the day among the thousands of refugees living here, and the conditions are miserable. rain has turned the roads to rivers of mud, there's no power or gas for heat, and it's only getting colder by the day. the rain poured as we approached the crossing into syria. the first stop, a rebel checkpoint. tanks and men armed with ak-47s. once past them, a narrow, winding road that led us to white tents in a sea of red mud. in it, the faces of this growing crisis. children huddled around the only source of warmth -- a tiny campfire. they're part of the mass exodus, families fleeing the crossfire of syria's bloody civil war. for them, life is dire and growing dangerous. few here have their own jackets or shoes. it's growing colder by the day. there are fears the children are getting sicker. they get just one small bottle of water a day, per person. and for all 12,000 refugees, there are only four toilets, pouring into an open sewer. the risk of disease is real. abu shaki ri says they would go home, but the regime's warplanes keep bombing. in his family's tent, his cousin samira